About block 973,688
Bitcoin block 973,688 was mined by F2Pool on October 29, 2026 at 11:40 AM UTC, 7 min 52 s after block 973,687. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,688 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0057 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1307 BTC for this block.
Block 973,688 is number 1,977 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 39 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,312 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.